Support and enclosure for garbage cans



Oct. 12, 1965 w. E, SENDER 3,211,509

SUPPORT AND ENCLOSURE FOR GARBAGE CANS Filed March a, 1963 United StatesPatent 3,211,509 SUPPORT AND ENCLOSURE FOR GARBAGE CANS Wilfred E.Sender, 700 Cypress Ave, Johnstown, Pa. Filed Mar. 6, 1963, Ser. No.263,265 1 Claim. (Cl. 312329) This invention relates to closures and,more particularly, to doors or closures for supporting garbage cans andthe like.

The basic idea of the present invention is a housing for a garbage canor the like in the form of a closure in the form of a door. Theframework is made of sheets of steel or other suitable materialreinforced by suitable structural members from which a support for aremovable garbage can is suspended. The door and its frame may bemounted as part of a new building in new housing constructions andthereby may be made part of a re'sidence or the like. Likewise, the canand arrangement may be housed in a small steel structure or concretebuilding which would be built contiguous to a residence or restaurant.

It is, accordingly, an object of this invention to provide an improvedgarbage can holder.

Another object of the invention is to provide an enclosure for a garbagecan and holder which can be made in the form of a cabinet or a part ofan individual buildmg.

A further object of the invention is to provide a support for garbagecans and the like which is simple in construction, economical tomanufacture, and simple and eflicient to use.

With the above and other objects in view, the present invention consistsof the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fullydescribed, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and more particularlypointed out in the appended claim, it being understood that changes maybe made in the form, size, proportions, and minor details ofconstruction without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of theadvantages of the invention.

In the drawing:

FIG. 1 is a front view of a garbage can housing according to theinvention showing one of the doors broken away to better illustrate theinvention;

FIG. 2 is a cross sectional view taken on line 22 of FIG. 1; and

FIG. 3 is an isometric view of one door showing the garbage can supportthereon.

Now with more particular reference to the drawing, the housing is shownby Way of example only as a cabinet. It is understood, however, that theentire cabinet could be recessed into the wall of a building; forexample, a house in the process of construction. In such case, the sidesand back of the cabinet could be eliminated.

The cabinet shown has a back 11, sides 12, and door jambs 13. Thecabinet is supported on legs 14. Hinges 15 are attached to the doorjambs 13. These hinges may be attached by means of welding, bolts, orany other well known fastening means.

Door panels 16 have handles 17 fixed thereto for convenience in openingthe doors. The doors are made up of flanges 18 which extend entirelyaround each door 3,211,509 Patented Oct. 12, 1965 and reinforcingchannels 19 which, together, provide a rigid door.

Bases 20 are fixed to the channels 19. The round bases 20 for each canare in the form of an annular flanged member. Each flanged member has aninwardly directed bottom flange 23 and a vertical flange 24. Thevertical flange 24 defines a ring which is slightly larger than thebottom of a garbage can 25 so that the can rests freely therein on theinwardly directed flange 23.

Outer brackets 21 are welded to the outside edges of the channels 19 andinner brackets 22 are welded to the inside edges of the channels 19.Both the inner brackets and the outer brackets are welded to thevertical flange 24 of the base 20 of the garbage can support.

It will be seen that conventional garbage cans can be supported with thebottom of the can resting on the inwardly directed flange 23 and thesides and the can itself retained by the flange 24. Thus, the garbagecan cannot slide off of the support. The rugged construction of thedoors will retain the brackets in posit-ion without warping the doors.

The foregoing specification sets forth the invention in its preferredpractical forms but it is understood that the structure shown is capableof modification within a range of equivalents without departing from theinvention which is to be understood is broadly novel as is commensuratewith the appended claim.

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property orprivilege is claimed are defined as follows:

A garbage can support comprising a door, said door being made of a frontpanel having side edges and inwardly directed flanges,

two spaced, vertically extending reinforcing means fixed to said panelon the inside surface thereof and spaced laterally inwardly from theside edges of said door and adjacent the center thereof,

inner and outer brackets attached to said means adjacent the bottom ofsaid door and extending inwardly from the inside of said door,

and annular members,

the inner ends of said outer brackets being attached to the outerperiphery of said annular members adjacent the sides thereof atdiametrically opposite parts thereof,

the inner ends of said inner brackets being attached to said annularmembers at relatively close spaced positions,

said annular members comprising an annular flange and an upwardlydirected flange defining a support for receiving the bottom of a garbagecan.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 633,901 9/99Pierce 312308 1,477,844 12/23 Nystrom 126-39 2,558,939 7/51 Dornbush312329 X FOREIGN PATENTS Z73736 1/56 Germany.

FRANK B. SHERRY, Primary Examiner.

